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HR 4721 105th Congress House

Parental Notification Act of 1998

Official title: To establish restrictions on the provision to minors of contraceptive drugs and devices through family planning projects under title X of the Public Health Service Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 7, 1998 See on congress.gov
Health Child abuseChild sexual abuseCommunication in medicineContraceptives
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Crime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceFamiliesFederal aid to health facilitiesGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment paperworkHealth counselingHealth educationHuman immunodeficiency virusesIncestParent and childRapeSexual abstinenceSexually transmitted diseasesState laws
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Oct 14, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Oct 7, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Oct 7, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 14, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Parental Notification Act of 1998 - Declares that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no service provider under title X (Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs) of the Public Health Service Act is exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.

Prohibits using title X funds to provide contraceptive drugs or devices to a minor, unless: (1) the provider has given prior notice to the custodial parent; (2) the parent has consented; (3) the minor is emancipated; or (4) a court has directed that the minor may receive the drugs or devices.

Requires that each title X project: (1) inform all minors seeking services that abstinence is the only certain way to avoid pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; (2) train all its counselors to provide minors counseling that encourages sexual abstinence, avoidance of being coerced into sexual activities, and involving parents in the decision to seek family planning services.

Mandates development and dissemination of protocols for providing such counseling.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
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Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Oct 7, 1998
CRANE, PHILIP
· Oct 7, 1998
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Oct 7, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4721: Parental Notification Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4721/
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